A Reading Machine

I enjoyed this book but not quite as much as its predecessor. The first book was very easy to jump into and I was unable to put it down. This one is a lot more complex and a huge amount of the pages are dedicated to flashbacks for one character in particular in order to flesh out his backstory and motivations. For me it was equal parts revealing and distracting as they appear out of nowhere but with a regularity that demands you embrace them or fall by the wayside. I picked t

It has been twenty years since the end of the war. The dictatorial Augurs—once thought of almost as gods—were overthrown and wiped out during the conflict, their much-feared powers mysteriously failing them. Those who had ruled under them, men and women with a lesser ability known as the Gift, avoided the Augurs' fate only by submitting themselves to the rebellion's Four Tenets. A representation of these laws is now written into the flesh of any who use the Gift, forcing thos

Warning contains spoilers I quite enjoyed this one! It’s very easy to read, a straightforward ‘get the thing to the place’ story with mostly likeable and evolving characters and an interesting take on the use of magic. I’d classify it as YA fantasy because despite a bit of violence and some mature themes the main characters are all teenagers, there is a large focus on their relationships with their parents and also a hefty dose of romance. Children of Blood and Bone is told